Idols who doesn't fit the "Korean Beauty Standard" but made it to stardom

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jhope recently made it to the news when he posted about watching swf

This isn't about popularity. It's about beauty standards. And as we all know, RM and J-Hope don't live up to those weird Korean beauty standards. That's why Jin is the visual.

tf i dont understand your thought process tbh

Some of the one you mentioned werent even half bad and some werent even in kpop for the bisual

I can only imagine hwasa and jooe

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but to be honest which among the idol you mention are really popular individually among the GP in korea ?

Lisa ? her solo proved that her popularity came from international fans and not korean

RM & Jhope ? the youngest line members are much bigger than him in korea, and from what i remember their mixtape did well internationnally but didn't do a lot of buzz in korea

Haechan ? love nct but they don't have any solo recognition beside Jaehyun

Itzy ? all the members beside chaeryeong fit the standards of beauty that korean have

Mamamoo ? same only Hwasa doesn't fit them so to include the whole group is weird

Daesung ? but daesung isn't even popular in korea

Wendy ? her solo didn't do very well in the chart in comparison of for example Joy who's know for fitting the beauty standard and had a successfull debut

that's a little weird that you're saying that even if these idols didn't fit the korean standard of beauty they made it to stardom

considering that all the people you mention are people who aren't really succeeding individually in korea and where their success come from their groups

or are only successfull thanks to the international support, which is a bit contradictory considering that the korean standard of beauty only have an impact on korean success because Ifans aren't really influence by this beauty standard

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Joy doesn't fit the Korean visual standard

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I can only imagine hwasa and jooe

And speaking of Jooe, she's looking a lot better these days.

There are a lot groups, especially those who debuted before 2014 who often get randomly called as "ugly" or "not like the Korean beauty standart" and I don't really like it, because when people for example say that the member of VIXX would be out of "norm" or "ugly" I often wonder if they forgot how the members even look like since especially Leo is literally one of the hotest Korean men ... I mean many years ago as VIXX was way more popular people almost talked about Leo as they do nowadays with Kang Daniel or Wonho ...

The same goes to literally all members of BIG BANG, since for many people, especially Gen-Z they probably come off as "ugly" but ask Millenials or Gen-Y and they proably give you random answers as like that GD or Taeyang would be hot in their opinion.

I also think that the majority of member in WINNER falls into the same cathegory. The only one I would exclude is Jinu since he is totaly cute haha

In newer groups debuted after 2015 it is a bit harder to find someone, but I would say Bobby from iKON and maybe even DK, June, Song, Chan etc. fall into the same cathegory and the only one I would exclude is Jay because he is a total tiny cute boy

Yayy the daily Korean beauty standard thread is here

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that's a big lie

Joy doesn't fit the beauty standard of korea

Big eyes, small nose, pale face, tall, skinny, very define jaw

joy check all the boxes

Irene / Miyeon / Jisoo (sort of)

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but to be honest which among the idol you mention are really popular individually among the GP in korea ?

Lisa ? her solo proved that her popularity came from international fans and not korean

RM & Jhope ? the youngest line members are much bigger than him in korea, and from what i remember their mixtape did well internationnally but didn't do a lot of buzz in korea

Haechan ? love nct but they don't have any solo recognition beside Jaehyun

Itzy ? all the members beside chaeryeong fit the standards of beauty that korean have

Mamamoo ? same only Hwasa doesn't fit them so to include the whole group is weird

Daesung ? but daesung isn't even popular in korea

Wendy ? her solo didn't do very well in the chart in comparison of for example Joy who's know for fitting the beauty standard and had a successfull debut

that's a little weird that you're saying that even if these idols didn't fit the korean standard of beauty they made it to stardom

considering that all the people you mention are people who aren't really succeeding individually in korea and where their success come from their groups

or are only successfull thanks to the international support, which is a bit contradictory considering that the korean standard of beauty only have an impact on korean success because Ifans aren't really influence by this beauty standard

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money was very popular though the song was everywhere (including Korea) I notice a lot of Koreans did dance covers. also, you'll notice it if you watch SWF/SDGF they use that song even in auditions. Lisa might not appeal to them but she is definitely popular.

Is this an appreciation thread??? interesting, anyway

I have recently come across this video of Blackpink and how much they fit KBS. Surprisingly, Jennie was one that fit the least(around 50%).

But Jennie is an it girl in Korea despite not fitting the KBS the best.

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They said you have a higher chance of being successful in KPOP if you have the visual.

Below are some of the idols who I think don't fit the korean beauty standard but broke the visual wall and made it on top.

RM

Haechan

Lisa

Jhope

Bobby

Mamamoo

ITZY

Daesung

Wendy

Agree? Any other idol you can think?

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The Senior Singer

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Jihyo. It took a long time for her beauty to be recognized.

You know what they say...

"Jihyo never needed Korean Beauty Standards. Korean Beauty Standards need Jihyo."

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yeah dance covers groups, they cover every song even from nugu

a lot of song have been use in audition on swf etc... without the artist being popular

i love money and lisa but let's not lie to ourself lisa is far from being popular individually in korea among non-kpop fans,

if it was the case and Money was everywhere in korea and even with the big success that Money receive internationnally wouldn't Money have charted in Korean music platform,considering that big internationnal music have been doing well in korean chart this year like Shiver by ed sheeran or Peaches, stay etc.. but it didn't proving that in contrary of members like Jennie and Rosé who confirm their popularity in korea thanks to their solo, Lisa isn't really popular in korea

lisa solo once again prove that lisa isn't popular among koreans, she's popular among blinks and kpop fans that's it and that most of the big support she receive doesn't come from korea but international people

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no it's not even comparable with nugu dance covers ( that aren't many) and I meant popular Korean dance channels making dance covers of money, honestly money was everywhere the song was trending not only in the US but in Korea so no that's not it. Pretty sure if you ask a Korean about the song money they at least heard about it since it was played a lot.

Lisa is the least popular in Korea but she is definitely still known for her dancing all the members are known in Korea so let's not pretend she is a nugu. Blackpink is probably one of the few Korean groups when the GP knows all members

hwasa / cl

in some way jennie

HWASA

HYOLYN

LEE HYORI

LISA

Shannon

Lisa is not Korean